Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'don': 0.05; 'scripting': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'defines': 0.07; 'inspired': 0.07; 'tune': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'scripts': 0.09; '*args': 0.09; 'exceptions': 0.09; 'tkinter': 0.09; 'c++': 0.12; 'wrote:': 0.15; ':-p': 0.16; 'defs': 0.16; 'dictionaries': 0.16; 'docstrings': 0.16; 'handed': 0.16; 'know)': 0.16; "lutz's": 0.16; 'python!': 0.16; 'subject:apologies': 0.16; 'wizard': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.16; 'pm,': 0.16; 'language': 0.20; 'java': 0.21; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; 'indentation': 0.23; 'tue,': 0.23; 'code': 0.24; 'libraries': 0.25; "i'm": 0.27; 'url:mailman': 0.27; 'pass': 0.28; 'bugs': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; "he's": 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'module': 0.30; "ain't": 0.30; 'sim': 0.30; 'tuples': 0.30; 'lines': 0.31; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'coding': 0.32; 'too': 0.32; 'does': 0.32; "i've": 0.33; 'it?': 0.34; 'clearly': 0.35; 'uses': 0.35; 'king': 0.35; 'file': 0.36; 'url:python': 0.37; 'received:74.125.83.174': 0.37; 'received :mail-pv0-f174.google.com': 0.37; 'some': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.38; 'think': 0.38; 'books,': 0.39; 'subject:with': 0.39; 'basic': 0.39; 'goes': 0.39; 'extend': 0.40; 'mark': 0.40; 'received:74.125': 0.40; 'methods': 0.40; 'bring': 0.62; 'john': 0.62; 'subject:The': 0.73; 'gone': 0.78; '12:40': 0.84; 'beats': 0.84; 'bids': 0.84; 'crown': 0.84; 'readability': 0.84; 'teeth': 0.84; 'render': 0.91; 'subject:Who': 0.91; 'died': 0.97 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=rOSIZGZnhJrQED1qEu2RiaKnhNjkQKmtGXx0tfv3ddk=; b=mn3P8XeXkaJY6xc2ksooRcOtwdAAKTDGg/p6skB+V6/ALNtjJQqFXuZJC38NCG8wdo LK3PDgyoz9TXdNsHvgCa0iQ3z7EJZ5BCkY0iGUoK6DpMgtUqGxVsWKvaQKEvNdNaOq3D //SZxMqY6jGonYs/p7xiF4Fz0z2NeqWyfpsrs= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8479eca3-843d-4857-a857-320da4a93965@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com> References: <8479eca3-843d-4857-a857-320da4a93965@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:48:37 -0400 Subject: Re: "Python Wizard," with apologies to The Who From: Matty Sarro To: John Keisling Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 65 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1310489321 news.xs4all.nl 23968 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57881 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:9326 I don't know whether to LOL or mourn the part of me that just died inside :-P j/k j/k clever song, and it made me laugh :) On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:40 PM, John Keisling wrote: > After too much time coding Python scripts and reading Mark Lutz's > Python books, I was inspired to write the following lyrics. For those > too young to remember, the tune is that of "Pinball Wizard," by The > Who. May it bring you as much joy as it brought me! > > > I cut my teeth on BASIC > At scripting I'm no pawn > >From C++ to Java > My code goes on and on > But I ain't seen nothing like this > In any place I've gone > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > > He knows his dictionaries > His exceptions never pass > His polymorphic methods > Extend each superclass > He uses indentation > Its lines are clearly drawn > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > > He's a Python wizard > His code just never wrecks > A Python wizard > He knows simple beats complex > > How do you think he does it? > (I don't know) > What makes him so good? > > He codes with TkInter > He can render treble clefs > He uses lamdba functions > With *args in their defs > Defines his module search path > Of tuples he's the don > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > > I thought I was > The scripting language king > But I just handed > My Python crown to him > > He links in to libraries > All optimized in C > He always uses docstrings > For readability > He knows file iterators > He bids all bugs begone > That modeling and sim guy > Sure codes some mean Python! > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >